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Jerry Berg
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.     Feb. 3,2003
(Phone: 256/544-0034)

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-0951)

RELEASE: C03-002

NASA AWARDS $80 MILLION CONTRACT EXTENSION TO CSC

     NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala., 
has extended the contract for information services with Computer 
Sciences Corporation (CSC), Falls Church, Va.

The contract extension, valued at $79,877,680, covers the period May 
1, 2003 through December 31, 2003. It continues efforts under a 
contract entitled "Program Information Systems Mission Services 
(PrISMS)" which was awarded to CSC on May 3, 1994. During the 
extension period, a full and open recompetition of the PrISMS effort 
will be conducted.

Work performed by CSC and its subcontractors under PrISMS includes 
support to MSFC in the areas of computer systems, applications 
software and audio-video services. CSC also provides a range of 
support services for NASA, including the NASA Equipment Management 
System; Consolidated Agency Personnel/Payroll System; NASA ADP 
Consolidation Center; NASA Incident Response Center; and the NASA 
Information Systems Services Utility.

The PrISMS contract has a total value of $1,137,786,024.

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